Table 2.
Three-, five-, and ten-year cumulative incidences of death in older patients with TGCT.
| Characteristics | N | % | Event | % | Cancer-specific death (%) | Death from other causes (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-year | 5-year | 10-year | p | 3-year | 5-year | 10-year | p | |||||
| Total | 2,751 | 510 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 13.1 | ||||
| Age (years) | 0.004 | <0.001 | ||||||||||
| 50–54 | 1,221 | 44.4 | 144 | 28.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 7.2 | ||
| 55–67 | 1,255 | 45.6 | 238 | 46.7 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 11.6 | ||
| ≥68 | 275 | 10.0 | 128 | 25.1 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 19.2 | 46.0 | ||
| Race | 0.242 | 0.174 | ||||||||||
| White | 2,539 | 92.3 | 470 | 92.2 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 13.0 | ||
| Black | 74 | 2.7 | 17 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 10.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 16.3 | ||
| Other | 102 | 3.7 | 22 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 17.1 | ||
| Unknown | 36 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marital status | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||||
| Married | 1,772 | 64.4 | 261 | 51.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 10.7 | ||
| Not married | 819 | 29.8 | 230 | 45.1 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 18.9 | ||
| Unknown | 160 | 5.8 | 19 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Household income | <0.001 | 0.031 | ||||||||||
| <$60,000 | 679 | 24.7 | 152 | 29.8 | 6.8 | 8.4 | 10.8 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 13.5 | ||
| $60,000–$70,000 | 854 | 31.0 | 174 | 34.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 15.0 | ||
| >$70,000 | 1,218 | 44.3 | 184 | 36.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 11.6 | ||
| Histology | <0.001 | 0.317 | ||||||||||
| SGCT | 2,241 | 81.5 | 382 | 74.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 13.5 | ||
| NGCT | 510 | 18.5 | 128 | 25.1 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 11.1 | ||
| Tumor size (cm) | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||||
| ≤5.4 | 1,710 | 62.1 | 233 | 45.7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 5.5–7.9 | 519 | 18.9 | 115 | 22.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 10.1 | 16.9 | ||
| ≥8.0 | 318 | 11.6 | 96 | 18.8 | 11.1 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 7.6 | 10.0 | 19.1 | ||
| Unknown | 204 | 7.4 | 66 | 12.9 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 16.0 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 15.5 | ||
| AJCC stage | <0.001 | 0.464 | ||||||||||
| I | 2,148 | 78.1 | 330 | 64.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 6.2 | 12.9 | ||
| II | 292 | 10.6 | 43 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 12.0 | ||
| III | 311 | 11.3 | 137 | 26.9 | 27.5 | 28.9 | 30.9 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 16.3 | ||
| Surgery | <0.001 | 0.812 | ||||||||||
| No | 83 | 3.0 | 38 | 7.5 | 31.3 | 32.6 | 34.2 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 13.5 | ||
| Yes | 2,668 | 97.0 | 472 | 92.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 13.1 | ||
| Radiotherapy | 0.021 | 0.692 | ||||||||||
| No/unknown | 2,008 | 73.0 | 387 | 71.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 13.6 | ||
| Yes | 743 | 27.0 | 153 | 28.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 11.9 | ||
| Chemotherapy | <0.001 | 0.187 | ||||||||||
| No/unknown | 1,960 | 71.2 | 350 | 64.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 13.5 | ||
| Yes | 791 | 28.8 | 190 | 35.2 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 12.3 | ||
TGCT, testicular germ cell tumor; SGCT, seminomatous germ cell tumor; NSGCT, nonseminomatous germ cell tumor; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer.